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Hi, Alexander!  Recently you wrote in a message to Ardith Hinton:

AH>  The author, BTW, is generally known Over Here as
AH>  A. A. Milne.... :-)

                       [...]

AK>  I asked about the second name.

           Oh, I see.  I'd describe the initials here as representing a
person's given names and "Milne" as a surname or family name.

           I understand these things work a bit differently WRT Russian
names... and to complicate matters, a person's given name may also be the
mother's maiden name and/or another individual's surname where I come from.


AK>  How would you write it "Milne" or "Miln" if you
AK>  never saw it written.

           Well, it does rhyme with "kiln"... so if I'd never seen or heard
this name before I might employ the latter until I had time to investigate
further.

           YMMV because I live in a country where most people speak English,
but I'd probably start with the Vancouver telephone directory.  When I see
there are +/- 100 entries for "Milne" but none for "Miln" I believe the former
is correct.

           When I recognize it as the name of a well-known author I have
various other choices.  I can consult a modern English/English dictionary
which includes some proper nouns where older ones don't.  I can check the card
catalogue at the public library.  I can ask the nearest English major,
elementary school teacher, teacher/librarian, etc.  Or I can search the
Internet... which may sometimes for whatever reason be more easily said than
done wherever one happens to live.  :-)




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